Name: Apricot ; Apple , or Peach Au Riz
Ingredients: 2 ounces rice; 1 cup cream; Apricots, apples, or peaches; Syrup (for stewing fruit); Apricot pulp

Why it works: Cream and syrup are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,964 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Apricot ; Apple , or Peach Au Riz

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the rice

Stew the rice as directed in the previous recipe.
Mix the rice with the cream using a fork until somewhat stiff.

Prepare the fruit

Peel the apricots, apples, or peaches and remove the cores or stones.
Stew the prepared fruit in syrup until soft.

Assemble

Fill small cups with the rice about three-quarters full.
Layer the stewed fruit over the rice and add a tablespoon of apricot pulp on top.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Cream + syruptop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,964 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Rice + apricottop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together353 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-undecalactone (peach, sweet).
Apricot + syruptop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Rice + creamtop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,399 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Cream + apricottop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,116 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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What each ingredient does

Rice: Forms the body of the pudding once stewed and combined with cream.
Cream: Adds richness and moisture, and helps the rice mixture hold together softly.
Apricots, apples, or peaches: Provide fruit flavour and a soft, moist layer over the rice.